Google Does Not Want A Robot Apocalypse To Happen, So It's Building A Button To Turn Off AI

Google Does Not Want A Robot Apocalypse To Happen, So It’s Building A Button To Turn Off AI

Google, one of the companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence development, was involved in a study that looks to build an off button for the technology. The switch would allow humans to take control over misbehaving robots. ( Jack Taylor | Getty Images ) Advertisement For a generation that has been exposed to the Terminator movies, visions of a robot uprising come to mind whenever news about advancements in artificial intelligence surface. Great minds such as Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have previously expressed their concern on the possibility of a robot apocalypse. It would seem that Google, one of the companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence development, is now sharing some of these concerns, as its DeepMind unit…